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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.

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DSC02572.jpg948 viewsPhoto September 29, 2005 by Don Smith. dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1319.jpg947 viewsLocated on Highway 16 between Marion and Sugar Grove. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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spencerchildren2.jpg947 viewsChildren of Wiliam Spencer and Mahala Weaver Spencer. Courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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davisdoc.jpg947 viewsPhoto 1937, from collections of the Library of Congress.
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Senter, Rosamond Pugh947 viewsWife of Calvin Halbert Senter. Courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey.
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Grassy Creek - Bradley Sturgill's Store947 viewsThis old store building now remodled into a house, was once location of Brad Sturgill's Esso. Kids from Virginia Carolina School, just up the hill would leave school and come down here to buy goodies. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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cokeovenpocahontas.jpg946 viewsThis view of coke ovens at Pocahontas, Virginia was made about 1910.
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StPauls.jpg946 viewsSt. Paul's Lutheran Church, Rural Retreat, Virginia. Courtesy of
Amy Bazar abazar2151@charter.net.
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farmerluther2.jpg946 viewsThis photo is circa 1930. Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.
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Rural Retreat - Lover's Cove946 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1938.
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carrollch.jpg945 viewsFrom a postcard issued 1920-30.
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